Sweeter As The Years Go By (CD) ~ Blind Willie Johnson (Artist) Cover Art

Sweeter As The Years Go By (CD)

By: Blind Willie Johnson (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Sweeter As The Years Go By (CD) Album By Blind Willie Johnson (Artist)
1   John The Revelator
2   You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
3   Let Your Light Shine On Me
4   Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right
5   Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying
6   If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
7   If It Had Not Been For Jesus
8   Church, I'm Fully Saved Today
9   Soul Of Man, The
10   I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
11   Can't Nobody Hide From God
12   Sweeter As The Years Go By
13   Go With Me To That Land
14   Trouble Will Soon Be Over
15   Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
16   Take Your Stand
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (4/18/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Johnson's music seems vigorous, vital and moving even now."
Living Blues (May/June 1991) - "...Given Jonhson's tremendous importance and influence as a slide guitarist, in addition to his contributions as a writer and interpreter of gospel songs, [you] will want both the Yazoo CDs."

Title Note

This is the second of two Blind Willie Johnson albums released by Yazoo.

Includes liner notes by David Evans.

Until Columbia/Legacy released its comprehensive COMPLETE RECORDINGS OF BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON, Yazoo's fine SWEETER AS THE YEARS GO BY and its companion disc, PRAISE GOD I'M SATISFIED, provided the only collection of this slide master's harrowing gospel blues. SWEETER initially packaged all the tracks not included on the "greatest hits" collection PRAISE GOD. To assume that SWEETER is an inferior collection, however, would be a serious mistake.

Johnson sings in a raspy bass voice, often accompanied by a female vocalist, as well as by his remarkable, contrapuntal slide guitar playing. His songs are evangelical in content. Some (such as "Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying" and "If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down") conform to a standard blues format, but others, like the title track and "If It Had Not Been For Jesus," are more melodic and folky. All are performed with the skill of a virtuoso and the fervor of a true believer, resulting in some of the most extraordinary and distinctive music the blues has to offer.

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